All gas stations out of gas in town south of Asheville, NC

53  2016-09-20 by 911bodysnatchers322

It's starting to look like the 70s oil crisis up in here. This is Hendersonville, NC. All gas stations roped off or bags over the pump handles. No gas for anyone.

Now this was a minor inconvenience for myself as I was able to make it home.

But I stopped into 5 gas stations, and noticed people panicking, on cellphones, some cars marooned at the pump. Out-of-town plates, their travel plans absolutely ruined.

I wasn't in a position to help. I felt terrible for them.

There was an asian lady with glasses in a VW with NY plates who was practically in tears. It gave me a terrible feeling both for her and for all the others that were milling around desperate. I was hoping that maybe the triangle gas station or marathon would be open as those are clearly masonry affiliated local chains (ie: would by privilege get the reup of gas from trucks first) but no, even they were affected.

36 comments

7  noelabelle 2016-09-20

Is the shortage in your area related to the pipeline that is leaking oil?

Those poor folks. Hopefully they were able to find some fuel somewhere.

9  iConoClast04 2016-09-20

I think the pipeline is leaking actual gasoline, not oil.

2  noelabelle 2016-09-20

Oh. Right. Thanks for the clarification.

1  mitchb6 2016-09-20

my local news is reporting its because of the leak.

6  GADBabaganoosh 2016-09-20

All the Tesla's just keep rolling along

5  greggerypeccary 2016-09-20

so that's like, what, 5-6 people unaffected?

4  ginzing 2016-09-20

I'm one of those desperate for gas people, know of any locations outside of south Asheville with gas? This is scary... How fast people start hording and make the problem worse

7  sobertruth 2016-09-20

Problem is in our centralized energy supplies.

3  kingcubfan 2016-09-20

I saw this really cool graph once that showed what would happen if gas was not available and trucking ceased. It showed day one to 2 weeks I think and after 2 weeks it was like the apocalypse and mayhem. And we know it would be.

2  sobertruth 2016-09-20

Let alone food issues. With not knowing how long a shortage would last folks will get strange.

1  RiskyBrothers 2016-09-20

welp, time to get some cans and bike up into the Flatirrons:P

3  Plz_Pm_Me_Cute_Fish 2016-09-20

Petrodollar gets deleted from wikipedia, they state the united states economic collapse will occur on september 27th, 201, this is shaping up to be scary as fhk.

2  Dangerousfish 2016-09-20

Interesting that the Petrodollar wiki now redirects to Petrodollar recycling.

Here is the original entry for "Petrodollar recycling":

Between the years of 1973 and 1980 US debt grew dramatically due to the high cost of oil during the OPEC oil embargo. As enourmous amounts of money flowed into oil rich states, the US made deals with Saudi Arabia and as a result vast holdings of Saudi assets were acrued by the US government. This money was then in turn lent out to different "third world" nations in regions such as, Africa, and Central and South America. The irresponsible nature of this lending has led to a debt crisis in underdeveloped countries where in some circumstances upwards of 90% of GDP is owed and no means of paying it back have thus far been established. This keeps many countries locked in a system of neocolonialism which is enforced by the IMF through "structural development" programs.

2  sobertruth 2016-09-20

York SC Quik Trips wont get gas for 3 weeks according to employee after a meeting was held.

1  sobertruth 2016-09-20

Quick Mart Exxons for a week.

2  Balthanos 2016-09-20

My wife was just in TN and said that there were shortages there. as well. FYI.

2  epliFe 2016-09-20

I read on a forum that people are reporting they're low in California as well

3  kingcubfan 2016-09-20

I'm in Cali and so far no problems here. It would be interesting to see. Luckily I am in a small town and have a bike. It would be a bitch for work though since I have to use my vehicle.

1  htownnucca 2016-09-20

Jesus, I'm supposed to move to SLO in 3 weeks. I'm not ready to deal with any gas shortages.

1  KiefKong 2016-09-20

Yesterday I went to two gas stations in Northern California and both were out of 87, I didn't think much of it at the time, but it was pretty strange.

2  anti_h3ro 2016-09-20

Yeah, I heard middle Tennessee had been out of gas for 3 days and in East Tennessee some of our stations get their fuel from the gulf, the other half from that pipeline. So half of our stations were sold out, mainly due to people hording.

1  kingcubfan 2016-09-20

Why can't they just truck in the gas? Too much consumption and not enough trucks? Supply too far away? Geez,system too fragile.

3  anti_h3ro 2016-09-20

Yup. When people heard the pipeline had a leak, everyone in that community started filling up their vehicles and spare gas reservoirs. It was projected by TEMA(Tennessee Emergency Management Association) that if everyone filled up like normal, that there would be no shortage. It's just when people make a run on gas like they do on a bank, demand outweighs supply and you get a temporary market shortage/outage. I know a person who works at Pilot Oil and they said supply lines and distribution should be solid and fixed within a weeks time. But other firms, who knows. It's all about how resilient the company's supply chain is in the end.

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0  drewbdoo 2016-09-20

And this right here is why gas stations are out of gas. No one is listening to the recommendations of consuming gas at their regular pace and instead are filling up every car and gas can they have.

1  chunk_le_funk 2016-09-20

Fine in North Georgia for now.

1  emilskoda 2016-09-20

North Fulton County is still OK

1  mitchb6 2016-09-20

im in cobb county and several gas stations near me are out and im hearing so are alot of the gas stations in atlanta.

1  chunk_le_funk 2016-09-20

Forsyth County seems to be fine for now, but I plan on working from home Thursday and Friday.

1  LongTermCapitalMgmt 2016-09-20

Problem solved: this story will kill the growing "pipeline bad" media fuckup, even though that pipe moves oil, not petrol.

1  pissflap 2016-09-20

shortages in atlanta, too. multiple stations w/ no gas in north fulton.

1  they_are_out_there 2016-09-20

Easy, call AAA, they will bring 5 gallons of gas to stranded travelers. Drive as far away as possible and refuel elsewhere. It's a gamble but might work...

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1  ginzing 2016-09-20

Its more than a gamble... Driving far from home on the last bit of gas in the tank hoping to find a station with gas when theres a shortage all throughout the state (and the entire south) is plain dumb.

-2  parabolic_line 2016-09-20

Just checked Hendersonville and Asheville. The gas is available and gas prices are around $2.10, time now. Since you're there, can you share a photo from your phone?

4  ginzing 2016-09-20

How did you "check"? Gas stations may still be listed on google but they are out of gas all throughout the area, do a news search. Every station out I drove past and called in the vicinity.

0  parabolic_line 2016-09-20

I just used an app called gas buddy. I use it when I travel to find the cheapest gas in my area but you can put in any location you want. It's always been dead on.

1  ginzing 2016-09-20

Yeah im aware of gas buddy but it was dead wrong in this case. People posted gas stations that maybe had gas at the time they were there, but every station that got gas was selling out within the hour - gas truck deliveries were few and far between. Sunday night there were literally no stations pumping. having less than ten miles left in the tank and nowhere to refuel, and no idea when there would be anywhere to refuel is sobering. Definitely made me prepare better for the future.

2  sobertruth 2016-09-20

Let alone food issues. With not knowing how long a shortage would last folks will get strange.

1  RiskyBrothers 2016-09-20

welp, time to get some cans and bike up into the Flatirrons:P

4  ginzing 2016-09-20

How did you "check"? Gas stations may still be listed on google but they are out of gas all throughout the area, do a news search. Every station out I drove past and called in the vicinity.

1  ginzing 2016-09-20

Yeah im aware of gas buddy but it was dead wrong in this case. People posted gas stations that maybe had gas at the time they were there, but every station that got gas was selling out within the hour - gas truck deliveries were few and far between. Sunday night there were literally no stations pumping. having less than ten miles left in the tank and nowhere to refuel, and no idea when there would be anywhere to refuel is sobering. Definitely made me prepare better for the future.